King James's School

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–16Mixed

St Helen's Gate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD4 6SG

Principal · Mr Ben Streets

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,055Capacity 1,050

OfstedStandards maintainedInspected 12 February 2025

TrustKing James's School

Free school meals29%

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 12 February 2025.

Last graded inspection, 5 November 2019:

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Kirklees council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

206 of the 220 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered206

Applications367

First choice220

First-choice offers206

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).